Watching a documentary the other day on food, I heard mention of some well-known brand smoothies being higher in calorie content that you’d think. So, I am going to have a look into that. This could be a good way to give him a little extra boost of energy, especially in these hot days. Will […]
Dairy & Egg Free Yummy Muffins
The kitchen is now full of banana and choc chip mini muffins after I had 3 bananas go a bit too ripe. Following the advice of many other fab cooking bloggy types, I did my usual muffin recipe but instead of using the egg replacer I used blended ripe bananas. The first batch got good […]
How do you explain the Olympics to a 3yr old?
The Olympics are everywhere. Even on the stamps I bought today. MIB is bringing home stuff from nursery to do with the games, he made a torch at playgroup today, but still has no clue what it is all about. And me? Well I just don’t know how to explain it to him. I have […]
Latest update: Itchy skin
A tough few days with itchy skin for MyItchyBoy at the moment. A bit of a runny nose and chesty cough and he’s flared up quickly in about 24 hours. It doesn’t help that he had one night with a bit of a temperature, which tends to bring up a heat rash on top of […]
Sticky Child
Finally, the sun is starting to shine. And with it, comes warmer weather. Hot days and nights are not always a good thing for a child with eczema. We are fairly lucky that heat itself doesn’t seem to worsen MIB’s eczema, but he often comes out in a heat rash if he gets too hot […]
What actually is a saveloy?
Ages ago, MyItchyBoy was asking me why there were carrots next to the ham at the deli counter. I had to explain that, although orange they were actually saveloys. Of course, I am under 50 years, so when questioned as to what a ‘saveloy’ was, I was stumped. I explained vaguely that it was a […]
Calorie Cake
I discovered Soreen’s Banana Cake in Sainsbury today. It does say that they use allergens in the same factory, but we’re usually fine with that here. MIB has never experienced malt loaf before as the original contains milk. His face was a picture as each mouthful took about ten minutes to chew! As far as […]
A great ‘Free From’ find at the market today
Just wanted to mention someone who made my son’s day today. We were wandering around Borough Market in London at lunchtime today. MyItchyBoy was getting a bit bored when he suddenly saw some cake. Eyes bright, he scanned the labels and burst out with ‘That one’s egg free and dairy free! I can eat that!…Mummy, […]
Our latest blood test experience
A while ago MyItchyBoy showed signs of a reaction to fish. Since then, we have had a consultant appointment and agreed to go for another RAST test. This is mainly because I hold no faith in the scratch tests since the peanut experience. As the RAST test involves taking blood we agreed that it was […]
Sunscreen vs. Eczema
Have sent MIB off to nursery today with a hat but no sunscreen. Am I a bad mother? Nope, just an indecisive one. Too early in the morning to decide whether or not he’ll definitely need it or not and too little time for the Epaderm Cream to soak in before slapping on sunscreen, to […]